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Detail of wrap - THE PAINTERS OF THE WAGILAG SISTERS STORY 1937-1997

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Caruana, Wally & Nigel Lendon. THE PAINTERS OF THE WAGILAG SISTERS STORY 1937-1997.

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Allen, Louis A. AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL ART. Arnhem Land. BNo. 0-71-175062. First Edition, 1972 (pb). Pp: (ii), iii, 43; 280mm x 215mm; 0.15kg. 92 b/w & fig, 1 map. Introduction, acknowledgments, suggested reading. A good paperback copy with lightly discoloured stapled card wrap. Wrp: g. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1972. (The meaning and purpose of the art is discussed and the bark paintings and scultured objects are put in context in how they are made and used) (Keywords: Australian Aboriginal, religious paraphernalia, Oenpelli, Milingimbi, Yirrkala, Groote Eylandt, Port Keats, Beswick Creek, Bathurst Island).
Book Code: P285 SOLD - now out of stock AU$60
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Detail of wrap of TIWI POTTERY BATHURST ISLAND (anderson31p 170/130 ANDE31)
Anderson, Stephen. TIWI POTTERY BATHURST ISLAND. An exhibition of Tiwi pottery from Bathurst Island. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1980 (pb). Pp: (18); 185mm x 240mm; 0.06kg. 17b/w, 1 map. Introduction by Wandjuk Marika. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Aboriginal Arts Board, Sydney, 1980. (After a brief outline on the initial contact with the Tiwi and European settlement, the start, development and technique of pottery is discussed. Of the 169 pieces of three artists exhibited, six are illustrated in this publication) (Keywords: Aboriginal art, Australia, Bathurst Island, Tiwi, Nguiu, Puruntatameri, Tipiloura, Kelantumama).
Book Code: M403 SOLD - now out of stock AU$30
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Detail of wrap of ABORIGINAL AND MELANESIAN ART (agnsw2p 150/196 AGNSW2)
Art Gallery of New South Wales. ABORIGINAL AND MELANESIAN ART. Including Mr S.G. Moriarty's Collection of New Guinea Highland Art. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1973 (pb). Pp: 56; 280mm x 210mm; 0.20kg. Num b/w, 3 maps. Foreword, introduction, notes on catalogue. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1973. (The catalogue items include artefacts, totemic emblems, and bark paintings from the art gallery's own collection) (Keywords: Ethnology, Melville Island, Arnhem Land, Port Keats, Oenpelli, Maningrida, Milingimbi, Yirrkala, New Hebrides, Vanuatu, New Guinea, Massim, Astrolabe, Sepik, Solomon Islands, Pangia, Huri).
Book Code: Q064 AU$45
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Australian Heritage Commission (5). THE FIFTH NATIONAL INDIGENOUS HERITAGE AWARD 2000. The Art of Place. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 2000 (pb). Pp: (ii), 62; 295mm x 220mm; 0.30kg. 142 col, 105 b/w, 1 map. Acknowledgments, messages, guide to catalogue. A very good paperback copy. (price list inserted). Wrp: vg. Australian Heritage Commission, Canberra, 2000. (The works of art from 436 artists are described and illustrated in this catalogue which serves as a guide to the works submitted as candidates for the Award) (Keywords: Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islanders, art, Wolpa Wanambi, Yirrkala, Ian Abdulla, Lynda Syddick Napaltjarri, Kintore).
Book Code: T404 SOLD - now out of stock AU$30
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Detail of wrap - Arthur Koo'ekka Pambegan (baker05p 165/164 BAKE05)
Baker, Andrew. ARTHUR KOO'EKKA PAMBEGAN JR. Walkan-Aw and Kalben. BNo.n/a. First Edition, 2008 (pb). Pp: (44); 210mm x 210mm; 0.20kg. 21 col. Biography, selected bibliography. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Bowen Hills, Queensland, 2008. (This catalogue presents the paintings of Arthur Koo'ekka Pambegan which illustrate the Walkan-Aw and Kalben designs) (Keywords: Contemporary art, Australia, Queensland, Cape York Peninsula, Aurukun, Arthur Koo'ekka Pambegan, paintings, sculpture).
Book Code: W264 AU$20
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Detail of wrap of ART OF ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIA (bennett01p 170/219 BENN01)
Bennett, Dorothy; Kate Kahn & Robert Edwards (editor). ART OF ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIA. Presented by Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1974 (pb). Pp: 64; 280mm x 215mm; 130 col, b/w & fig, 1 map. Foreword, references, acknowledgments. A very good paperback copy in illustrated wrap. Wrp: vg. (minor wear on wrap). Rothmans of Pall Mall, Canada, 1974. (The catalogue for a touring exhibition in Canada from June 1974 to May 1976) (Keywords: Contemporary art, Australia, Aboriginal, Western Desert, Papunya, Arnhem Land, Yirrkala, Milingimbi, Maningrida, Gunwinggu, Oenpelli, Tiwi).
Book Code: X005 AU$60
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Detail of wrap of OLD AND NEW ABORIGINAL ART (black7p 150/230 BLAC07)
Black, Roman. OLD AND NEW AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL ART. From all the major regions of Australia. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1964. Pp: xxiii, 175; 240mm x 160mm; 0.78kg. 131 b/w & fig, 1 map(ep). Acknowledgments, note, introduction, selected bibliography, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. (minor wear on dw & minor sun fade on dw sto). Angus and Robertson Ltd, Sydney, 1964. (The text describes the life of the Aborigines, their beliefs and art, and it explains and interprets the many drawings, carvings, and paintings chosen to illustrate this book) (Keywords: Ethnology, tribal art, Australia, Aboriginal, Arnhem Land, Melville Island, Kimberley, churingas, Kakadu, Groote Eylandt).
Book Code: U164 AU$195
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Black, Lindsay. BURIAL TREES. Monuments of the Wiradjuri and Kamilaroi Nations. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1941. Pp: 38, 215mm x 140mm, 0.06kg. 24 b/w,2 fig, 1 map. Introduction, acknowledgments, preface. A good paperback copy. wrp: g. (minor wear on back wrp). Robertson & Mullens Ltd, Melbourne, 1941. (The author describes different types of tree carvings found incentral New South Wales) (Keywords: Ethnology, Australia, Aboriginal, dendroglyphs, taphoglyphs, teleteglyphs, Wongiban, Barkanji).
Book Code: N749 SOLD - now out of stock AU$80
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Detail of wrap of OLD AND NEW ABORIGINAL ART (bradley1p 150/201 BRA01)
Bradley, John (translator & illustrator). YANYUWA COUNTRY. The Yanyuwa people of Borroloola tell the history of their land. BNo. 0-86436-152-1. First Edition 1988 (pb). Pp: xvi, 80; 280mm x 210mm; 0.37kg. 27 b/w, 35 col & 36 b/w illus, 3 maps. Acknowledgments, foreword, glossary. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. (minor wear on wrp). Greenhouse Publications Pty Ltd, Richmond, Victoria, 1988. (The Yanyuwa people live in and around the town of Borroloola some 970 kilometres south-east of Darwin on the Gulf of Capentaria. This book tells the story and the myths of their land) (Keywords: Cultural history, myths, Australia, Aboriginal, Northern Territory).
Book Code: T292 AU$22
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Detail of front cover of UTOPIA - A Picture Story (brody5ap 175/240 BROD05)
Brody, Anne Marie. UTOPIA - A Picture Story. 88 silk batiks from the Robert Holmes a Court Collection. BNo. 0-646-00909-5. First Edition, 1990. Pp: 243; 335mm x 245mm; 2.13kg 88 col, 38 col & b/w, 1 map. Acknowledgments, foreword, introduction, postscript, appendices, selected bibliography. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Heytesbury Holdings Ltd, Perth, 1990. (Silk batiks by artists living in the eastern region of central Australia. The catalogue section contains 88 portraits of artists and a description of the particular artist's batik on the facing page to a colour plate of the relevant art work) (Keywords: Contemporary art Australia, Aboriginal, Alyawarre, Kaytetye, Anmatyerre).
Book Code: T392 AU$70
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Detail of wrap - OUR WAY - Contemporary Aboriginal Art From Lockhart River (Image Credit: Samantha Hobson - Bust 'Im Up Again 2001) (butler05p 175/212 BUTL05)
Butler, Sally. OUR WAY. Contemporary Aboriginal Art from Lockhart River. BNo.978-0-7022-3634-1. First Edition, 2007. Pp: xxiv, 136; 255mm x 210mm; 1.06kg. 147 col, 1 map. Foreword, preface, sandbeach photoessay, introduction, notes, bibliography, list of illustrations, exhibition history of solo artists, original members of the Lockhart River Art Gang, acknowledgments. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, 2007. (Our Way: Contemporary Aboriginal Art from Lockhart River introduces the unique art of a group of young Aboriginal artists from far north Queensland's Lockhart River community. Their art is about 'Sandbeach' culture and community and its spectacular wilderness environment in Cape York Peninsula. But it is also worldly art of the twenty-first century that shows the global scope of Aboriginal cultural expression today) (Keywords: Culture, community, contemporary art, north Australia, Queensland, Cape York Peninsula, Aboriginal, Rosella Namok, Samantha Hobson, Fiona Omeenyo, Adrian King, Silas Hobson).
Book Code: U249 AU$72
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Carrick, John (editor). ART OF THE FIRST AUSTRALIANS. An exhibition of Aboriginal paintings, sculpture and artefacts of the past two hundred years. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1970s (pb). Pp: 80; 285mm x 220mm; 0.43kg. Num b/w, 2 maps. Foreword, preface, bibliography. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Aboriginal Arts Board of the Australia Council, Sydney, 1970s. (The initial section draws parallels between two cultures of the Australian Aborigines and the American Indian. Other sections include: Aboriginal weapons and utensils, knives of stone, the uses of spears, spear throwers, protective shields, fighting clubs, the boomerang, pointing bones, carrying dishes, woven bags, art of the Western Desert, bark paintings of Arnhem land, and wooden sculptures of north Australia) (Keywords: Traditional art, Australia, Aboriginal, Marika, Declan Apuatimi, Sugarbag Katipi, Paddy Teeampi, Djabaldjari, Djambidjimba).
Book Code: L847 AU$80
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Detail of wrap of AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL ART
Caruana, Wally. AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL ART. A Souvenir Book of Aboriginal Art in the Australian National Gallery. BNo. 0-642-08144-1. First Edition, 1987 (pb). Pp: 56; 295mm x 205mm; 0.32kg. 63 col. Introduction. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. (minor wear). The Australian National Gallery, Canberra, 1987. (The art of West and North-east Arnhem Land, Groote Eylandt, Port Keats, Bathurst and Melville Islands, the Desert, and Western Australia are illustrated with a number of examples) (Keywords: Nganjmira, Wurdanga, Midjawmidjaw, Kuningbai, Marralwanga, Mandarrk, Yirwala, Dawidi).
Book Code: R452 AU$28
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Detail of wrap of THE PAINTERS OF THE WAGILAG SISTERS STORY 1937-1997 (caruana5p 150/212 CARU05)
Caruana, Wally & Nigel Lendon. THE PAINTERS OF THE WAGILAG SISTERS STORY. 1937-1997. BNo. 0-642-13068-X. First Edition, 1997 (pb). Pp: 174; 290mm x 240mm; 0.98kg. 113 col, 12 b/w, 1 map. Director's foreword, artists chart & biographies, glossary, bibliography. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 1997. (The Wagilag Sisters Story tells of the creation of the world and the establishment of rules which govern behaviour. The narrative in paint is accompanied by the story in print) (Keywords: Aboriginal art, Australia, Arnhem Land, ceremonial cycles, Wititj).
Book Code: Q236 AU$34
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Detail of front cover - KALTJA NOW (chance01p 170/224 CHAN01)
Chance, Ian (editor). KALTJA NOW. Indigenous Arts Australia. BNo. 1-86254-507-3. First Edition, 2001 (pb). Pp: xii, 172; 285mm x 240mm; 0.82kg. Num col, some b/w. Preface, introduction, bibliography. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Wakefield Press & Tandanya, Adelaide, 2001. (There are many contributors to this book which covers the artists and their works of arts from numerous art centres across Australia. Artists included are: Emily Kngwarreye, Peter Danaja, Jukuna Mana Chuguna, Kathy McKenzie, Mary McLean, Michelle Torres, Thancoupie, Janis Koolmatrie, and many others) (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia, contemporary art, Alyawarre, Maningrida, Pilbara, Nyangumarta, Mangkaja, Fitzroy Crossing, Ernabella, Angatja, Torres Strait).
Book Code: N294 AU$40
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Detail of wrap of CHARLIE TJARURU TJUNGURRAYI (cossey01p 175/234 COSS01)
Cossey, David. DREAMPOWER - Art of Contemporary Aboriginal Australia. BNo. 0-646-31929-9. First Edition, 1997 (pb). Pp: 32; 290mm x 215mm; 0.16kg. 17 col, 11 b/w. Message, preface, introduction, acknowledgments, artists biographies. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Gallerie Australis and Museum Art International Pty Ltd, North Adelaide, 1997. (This catalogue was published to accompany the exhibition of Dreampower to three major galleries in Indonesia) (Keywords: Contemporary art, Australia, Aboriginal, Tjupurrula, Tjampitjinpa, Tjungurrayi, Tjapaltjarri, Petyarre, Pwerle).
Book Code: R535 AU$16
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Detail of wrap of CHARLIE TJARURU TJUNGURRAYI (crocker02bp 170/240 CROC02)
Crocker, Andrew (text). CHARLIE TJARURU TJUNGURRAYI. A Retrospective 1970-1986. BNo.0-9592227-3-1. First Edition, 1987 (pb). Pp: 91; 295mm x 210mm; 0.36kg. 33 col, 2 b/w, 5 maps. Foreword, preface, introduction, prologue, footnotes, bibliography. A good paperback copy in illustrated card wrap. Wrp: g. (wear on wrp; small inscription on tp; faint water stain margin of first two pages). Orange City Council, Orange, NSW, 1987. (Andrew Crocker's essay, entitled 'An appreciation of the work of the painter Charlie Tjaruru Tjungurrayi') (Keywords: Traditional, contemporary art, Central Australia, Aboriginal, Charlie Tjaruru Tjungurrayi, Mitukatjirri, Warlungurru).
Book Code: T340 AU$35
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Detail of wrap - CULTURE WARRIORS - Australian Indigenous Art Triennial (croft05p 180/242 CROF05)
Croft, Brenda L. (curator & essay) et al. CULTURE WARRIORS. Australian Indigenous Art Triennial. BNo.97-8064254-205-2. Revised Edition, 2009 (pb). Pp: xxviii, 218; 290mm x 240mm; 1.58kg. num col, 1 map. Forewords, essay, list of works, artists biographies, chronology, glossary, further reading, further reading on artists, contributors, acknowledgments, index. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2009. (This publication was produced to accompany the touring exhibition, Culture Warriors which commenced in Canberra in 2007, travelling to Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane and finishing in Washington DC in December 2009. Presenting the work of thirty artists from each Australian state and territory, the inaugural National Indigenous Art Triennial demonstrates the incredible range of contemporary Indigenous art practice. The works included were created during the past three years in a variety of media. This book provides an ongoing authoritative critical reference for contemporary Indigenous art in Australia. There are 37 contributors) (Keywords: Contemporary Indigenous, art, Australia, Aboriginal, painting, bark, sculpture, textiles, weaving, photomedia, printmaking, and installation).
Book Code: W265 AU$51
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Detail of wrap - SOUTH WEST CENTRAL (croft4p 150/200 CROF4)
Croft, Brenda L. with Janda Gooding. SOUTH WEST CENTRAL. Indigenous art from south Western Australia 1833-2002. BNo.0-9750168-0-6. First Edition, 2003 (pb). Pp: 83; 290mm x 230mm; 0.55kg. 50 col, 25 b/w, 1 map. Foreword, glossary, bibliography, acknowledgments. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 2003. (Embracing a period of nearly two centuries, this book includes a reproduction of an 1833 ink drawing by Gyallipurt, twenty-first-century digital re-takes on colonial representations and, a myriad of outstanding visual expressions by Nyoongar artists that reveal their relationships to their communities and traditional lands) (Keywords: Indigenous art, south Western Australia, Aboriginal, painting, contemporary, traditional, sculpture).
Book Code: S299 AU$31
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Detail of wrap - BEYOND THE PALE (croft02p 170/223 CROF02)
Croft, Brenda L. (curator). BEYOND THE PALE: Contemporary Indigenous Art. 2000 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art. Art Gallery of South Australia. BNo.0-7308-3067-5. First Edition, 2000 (pb). Pp: 112; 285mm x 225mm; 0.58kg. 46 col, 1 map. Foreword, list of works, artists' biographies, authors' biographies, bibliography, acknowledgments. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 2000. (This publication was produced for the Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art and illustrates the works of 25 leading contemporary Australian Indigenous artists. The catalogue also contains contributions from 21 writers) (Keywords: Indigenous art, Australia, Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, painting, contemporary, traditional).
Book Code: T512 SOLD - now out of stock AU$140
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Detail of wrap - ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIAN STRING FIGURES (davidson44p 150/227 DAVI44)
Davidson, Daniel Sutherland. ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIAN STRING FIGURES. Reprint of the University of Pennsylvania 1941 Edition. BNo.0-85905-369-5. Reprint Edition, 2006 (1941) (pb). Pp: (ii), 763-902; 215mm x 140mm; 0.20kg. 111 fig, 1 map. Preface, appendices A to F, bibliography. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Hesperian Press, Victoria Park, Western Australia, 2006. (The material presented in this report was collected in Northern Australia in 1930) (Keywords: Social anthropology, Australia, Aboriginal, string figures, Kimberley, Broome, Katherine).
Book Code: T347 AU$23
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Detail of front of wrap of COLLECTED - 150 Years of Aboriginal Art and Artifacts at the Macleay Museum (davies4p 150/224)
Davies, Susan M. COLLECTED - 150 Years of Aboriginal Art and Artifacts at the Macleay Museum. BNo. 0-9581300-0-0. First Edition, 2002 (pb). Pp: 108; 295mm x 210mm; 0.57kg. 51 col, 27 b/w, 1 map. Foreword, introduction, endnotes, bibliography and references, glossary, acknowledgments. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Macleay Museum, University of Sydney, Sydney, 2002. (Collected is the first book to be published on the Macleay Museum's important holdings of Australian Aboriginal art and artefacts. The book features some of Australia's oldest bark paintings as well as shields, clubs, bags and body ornaments from the Macleay Museum's historic collections) (Ethnology, Australia, Aboriginal, Arnhem Land, Queensland, artefacts, bark paintings).
Book Code: R065 AU$63
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Detail of front of wrap of GATHERINGS - Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art From Queensland Australia (demozay01p 200/213 DEMO01)
Demozay, Marion (compiler). GATHERINGS. Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art From Queensland Australia. BNo. 0-9585291-4-0. First Edition, 2001 (pb). Pp: 223; 230mm x 235mm; 0.78kg. >200 col. Foreword, acknowledgments, preface, introduction. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Keeaira Press, Southport, Queensland, 2001. (Collected is the first book to be published on the Macleay Museum's important holdings of Australian Aboriginal art and artefacts. The book features some of Australia's oldest bark paintings as well as shields, clubs, bags and body ornaments from the Macleay Museum's historic collections. These artefacts, most of them collected in the second half of the nineteenth century, are showcased along with others collected in the twentieth century) (Keywords: Ethnology, Australia, Aboriginal, Northern Territory, Arnhem Land, Queensland, artefacts, bark paintings).
Book Code: T482 AU$29
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Diggins, Lauraine. A MYRIAD OF DREAMING. Twentieth Century Aboriginal Art. BNo. 0-959-27436-7. First Edition, 1989 (pb). Pp: 139; 295mm x 220mm; 0.72kg. 140 col, 1 map. Acknowledgments, notes to catalogue, list of artists. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Malakoff Fine Art Press, Caulfield, Victoria, 1989. (The book was developed around the accompanying exhibition of 143 paintings and sculptures of over 100 Aboriginal artists. It also contains articles by Robert Taylor, Dr Luke Taylor, Geoffrey Bardon, Judith Ryan, Kim Akerman, Dr Ruth and Professor Vincent Megaw, Winifred Hilliard, and Djon Scott-Mundine) (Keywords: Contemporary art, Australia, Aboriginal, Kakadu, Arnhem Land, Western Desert, Balgo, Hermannsburg, Pitjantjatjara, Ernabella, Utopia).
Book Code: L565 AU$50
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Detail of wrapper - GWION GWION - Ngarjno Ungudman Banggal Nyawarra. (doring01p 180/245 DORI01)
Doring, Jeff & Sally Bald. GWION GWION. Ngarjno Ungudman Banggal Nyawarra. BNo. 3-8290-4060-1. First Edition, 2000. Pp: 336; 290mm x 245mm; 1.90kg. Num col. Preface, narratives, songs, glossary. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Konemann Verlagsgesellscaft mbH, Koln, 2000. (The text is in three languages: English, German and French. This book is about the secret and sacred pathways of the Ngarinyin Aboriginal people of North-West Australia) (Keywords: Rock paintings, engravings, culture, North Western Australia, Aboriginal, Jillinya, Wanjina).
Book Code: S435 AU$20
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Detail of wrap: MODERN ART - ANCIENT ICON A Gallery of Dreamings from Aboriginal Australia (ebes4p 150/211 EBES04)
Ebes, Hank & Michael Hollow. MODERN ART - ANCIENT ICON. A Gallery of Dreamings from Aboriginal Australia. BNo. 0-646-08052-0. First Edition, 1992. Pp: 57; 300mm x 210mm; 0.26kg. 51 col, 26 b/w, 1 fig, 2 tab, 2 maps. Prologue, acknowledgments, list of artists, further reading. A very good hardback copy with illustrated boards. Cvr: vg. The Aboriginal Gallery of Dreamings, Melbourne, 1992. (This catalogue was produced for an exhibition of Aboriginal art at the World Bank Art Society in Washington DC in March-April 1992. It contains articles by Geoffrey Bardon, Robert Edwards, and Richard G. Kimber). (Keywords: Contemporary art, Australia, Aboriginal, Jagamarra, Kngwarreye, Larangai, Mpetyane, Napngardi, Petyarre, Pwerle, Stockman, Tjakamarra, Tjapatjarri, Yangarriny).
Book Code: U093 AU$65
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Detail of cover - ABORIGINAL BARK PAINTINGS - Arnhem Land, Australia. (edwards02p 160/210 EDWA02)
Edwards, Robert & Bruce Guerin. ABORIGINAL BARK PAINTINGS. Arnhem Land, Australia. BNo. 0-85179-459-9. Reprint Edition, 1976 (1969). Pp: (32); 250mm x 190mm; 0.37kg. 32 col, 1 map. Foreword by F.D. McCarthy. A very good hardback copy with illustrated boards. Cvr: vg (minor wear on cvr). Rigby Limited, Adelaide, 1976. (Twenty four bark paintings are illustrated together with a description of the manner in which they are prepared) (Keywords: Ethnology, art, Australia, Aboriginal, western Arnhem Land, Croker Island, Milingimbi, Oenpelli, Groote Eylandt).
Book Code: Q326 AU$18
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Detail of cover - AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL ART - The art of the Alligator Rivers region, Northern Territory. (edwards05p 150/201 EDWA05)
Edwards, Robert. AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL ART. The art of the Alligator Rivers region, Northern Territory. BNo. 0-85575-106-1. First Edition, 1979. Pp: xii, 202; 240mm x 180mm; 0.73kg. 45 col & b/w, 2 maps. Introduction, acknowledgments, summary, references. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg, dw: vg. Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra, 1979. (This book covers the wealth of Aboriginal rock art to be found in the "galleries" of the vast Alligator Rivers region of the Northern Territory. There are chapters on rock art regions, the significance of rock paintings, the antiquity of rock art and factors leading to the deterioration of paintings) (Keywords: ethnology, tribal, Oenpelli, Kakadu, Polychrome X-ray, Monochrome Mimi, Arnhem Land, Inagurdurwil, Namarakain, Namaran).
Book Code: H145 AU$36
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